Game-cards.



T. E. HA NADA. GAME CARDS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15 191?.

Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

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T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it'kno-wn-th'at I, To1c111 'EIIANADA, a citizen of theUnitedStates,residing at New York city, in the county of New York, State of New York,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in eans-cards; and I dohereby declare the following to be' a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention,

such as will enable 'othersskilled in the iiart I ters of educationalvalue.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of one side of a teller card.

Fig. 2 is a view of one side of a finder card.

Fig. 3 is a view of the other side of the finder card. i

Fig. 4 is a view of the face of another finder card. a

The game, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, includesone-hundred and twentycards. One set is termed the tell ers, and in thedrawing is shown in Fig. 1. The faces of these cards are printed withpoems, sayings, proverbs, or the like, and also with the names of theauthors, together with initial letters representing the first letters ofthe names of the countries from which the authors come. In the presentcase the teller cards include two kinds, those marked with'A for theAmerican authors and E for the English authors, there being thirty ofeach. The reverse side of each of the teller cards is blank.

There are two sets of the finder cards, each containing thirty cards,the whole to be equally divided between two players. On the face of eachfinder card there is the same matter that is found on the difierentteller cards which correspond thereto. The reverse sides of these findercards Specification of Letters Patent" Pattgnigd MaG Pi itialsof thenationalitiesj 1 contain ;'the-pietures of the authors of the matter onthe faces, together withthe in cards "there are printed poems, sayings,

proverbsQorthe like, corresponding to the like matter found on theteller? c'ards. On the reverse sldes of these cards are found thepicturesj'and the initial letters representing" "thenationalities of'theauthors. In the first instance, the nationality is represented by I theinitial letter A for the American author, while in the second instancethe. initial letter E shows that the authors are of English birth.

In playing the game,theteller cards are separated from the pack andtaken by the dealer. The remainder of the cards are separated from thepack, the As and Bs together, and like the teller cards, held by thedealer. Then each player must select either the A cards or the B cardsas his own, before the game. a

The two players sit opposite each other,

at the table, while the dealer sits between at 7 one of the other sidesof. the table. The cards of the players are then laid on the table withtheir legend sides uppermost and the pictures of the authors down. The

' dealer then readsthe matter on the teller cards, one at a time, andthe players are to glance over all of the cards before him and thosebefore his opponent. It will, of course, be understood that the cards ofthe players are laid on the table in such manner that they may bereadily read by both players. The player who first finds the card on thetable which contains the matter read by the dealer, places his finger onthat card and calls right to indicate that he has found the card andthat the dealer should read finder cards to his opponent, his opponentsfinder cards which he found will count according to the numbers on theteller cards. Thus there is produced a game which is amusing andinstructive, and which will train the persons to be quick of hearing,sight, and action. a

itial representing his nationality, and a set having" one side blank andthe other'side inscribed'with legends corresponding to those of theother sets in addition to numbers and symbols of: the nationalities ofthe authors, "ofthe legends'and the names thereof.

2. A set of game cards including a set of teller cards having one sideblankandthe other side inscribed with a poem or the like,the name of theauthor, the nationality of the author, and a number representing ilopies of this patent may be obtained for points ofthe game, and two setsof cards each having on one side a poem or the like -;corresponding toone of the teller cards,

the other side of each of the cards of said second-named sets containingthe picture of the author of the poem or the like, an initial of thenationality of the author, said second-named sets being designatedfinder cards.

In testimony whereof, I afiiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

TOICHI E. HANADA.

Witnesses:

PETER B. REILLY, JOSEPH SARTORI.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington,D, 0.

